Royals mount a wild comeback by scoring six runs in the eighth inning to knock off the Blue Jays. Perez breaks out of slump

Salvador Perez rounds the bases after hitting his home run. (photo/MLB)

Royals catcher Salvador Perez homered and drove in a career-tying four runs as the Royals rallied for a 10-7 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night. Perez hit a two-run double off Sergio Santos in a six-run eighth that put the Royals ahead.

It didn’t take Perez long to break out of a 1 for 29 slump. In the last three games, he has seven hits as he also homered in the seventh with Alex Gordon on base to cut the Jays to 5-4.

The Royals sent ten men to the plate in the eighth, with Omar Infante driving in two runs and Nori Aoki and Jarrod Dyson adding RBI singles. Aaron Crow (1-1), picked up the victory with a scoreless eighth inning and has not allowed an earned run while allowing only five hits in nine innings this season.